Saturday, February 14, 2009 - Italian driver Marco Bonanomi and
Portuguese Alvaro Parente started sixteenth and seventeenth respectively
under the bright lights of the Losail International Circuit in the 23-lap
second race at Doha and finished in 11th and 16th positions respectively.

Both drivers progressed steadily through the course of the race, showing a
very strong pace and pulling off a number of impressive overtaking moves as
they fought past a number of rivals. They both made it to the chequered
flag, but unfortunately needed more laps to continue their strong pace into
points-scoring positions.

Alvaro Parente commented, I was a bit too careful at the start and four
cars passed me. By the end of lap 1 I had caught back up to fifteenth,
although I had to run wide later to avoid a collision when I passed Rigon.
Luckily there was no damage but it was the end of my chances of scoring
point. It took me a few laps to pass Rigon again but I managed to do so
seven laps before the end of the race. After that a small excursion out of
the track that pushed me back to nineteenth, I was able to catch up again
and passed three other drivers before the end. However, a race without
points is not good."

Marco Bonanomi commented, The track is not easy for overtaking here and it
was a tough race. Every time we have started from further down the field,
like in Bahrain and here, nothing dramatic has happened ahead of us, so it
has been difficult to get into a serious points-scoring position. This race
was hard work and I had to do a lot of overtaking in the first part of the
race. I am pleased with my performance. I gave a lot, starting 16th and
finishing eleventh, but scoring no points does not reflect the potential of
the team. We can fight for the podium, if we can only qualify higher on the
grid."

Peter Thompson, team founder commented, I am disappointed that we did not
score points this weekend as we have the potential to do so. The drivers
have done a good job finishing both races in our first ever GP2 Asia night
race at the Losail International Circuit in Doha. Nevertheless, the team
keeps its motivation high thanks to the incredible support of 5,000 fans at
the circuit invited by Questnet and the wonderful welcome extended to
the team by Mr Nasser Al Kalifa and his team at QMMF.

Raad S. Abduljawad, team chairman, My Qi-Meritus.Mahara commented, The
team has been improving today and I am happy that the team made progress on
the tyre front since yesterday and solved some of the problems. Were now
looking to the future and a good race in Malaysia, a track that both
drivers like to race on."